Compact portable hanging and display device



C. G. SHEPHERD.

COMPACT PORTABLE HANGING AND DISPLAY DEvlcE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22,1919.

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Be it known that I, CLARENCE GrEoiReE CLARENCE GEORGE SHEPHERD, or LosANGELES, CALIFORNIA,

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Application led December 22, 1919.' SerialjNm 346,683..

SHEPHERD, a citizen of the United States, re'- Ange es and-State ofCalifornia,`have invented a new and useful Compact Portable Hanging'andDisplay Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to appliances for supporting cloth or garmentsdetachabl'y Y connected thereto; and the appliance is especiallyprovided for use of the traveling public, although it is just asappllcable to general use. -A

As is well known, rooms of-vhotels and apartment houses are generallypoorly pro- ,vided with garment hangers for keeping cloth orclothes inorder. -Usually the accommodations provided for hanging clothes are afew scattered hooks improperly arranged in undesirable places forthe/various garments; and an object of this invention 1s to provide aportable -garment hanger that can be carried by the traveler anddetachably installed when desired so as to full eliminate inconvenienceof travelrelative to keeping the clothes in order. I

The appliance is portably constructed to be folded andpacked in a trunkor suit case so that when the owner desires to use it, the appliance canbe taken out and detachably connected to a door or wall and arrangedready to allow the various garments of the traveler to lbe removed fromthe trunk and hung 'in a neat, orderly manner; and after the garmentsattached thereto so that they hang close to the door or wall andentirely The appliance is adapted for installation in houses havingsmall closets; as it occupies' but small space yet makes provision forconvenient and orderly arrangement of a large number of garments.

An object ofthe invention is to provide a garment hanging' appliancethat is neat and pleasing in appearance, effective and easy ofoperation, and 'strong and durable in use, which can be compaetly andcheaply constructed; and which is provided Wlth means for hanging anygarment thereon in -a neat and orderly manner; and in the fore- Y goingrespects -the invention is broadly new and asic 1n principle.

A feature of Invention is; shown 1n the y others.

-of whichD is shown.

novel' means for shifting the position of the -auxlllary clothes hangerVframe after the a position that will separate' the garmentsatmain framehas been attached to a door or siding in Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Wa tached thereto so that 'it will be easy to select and detach anydesired article from the Another feature of inventioif is shown in themeans for shifting the clothes hanger to a closed position within theframe where 'thegarments attached thereto will be folded over oneanother and occupy a vertical position close to the wall of the room orcloset.

Another feature of invention is shown in the unlque means for attachinggarments to 'the clothes hanger; there being various? de- Vices on theappliance for holding different formed garments.

The invention may be embodied in various forms in metal and in wood andmetal. It

will be unnecessary to show all the different formsand therefore only afew of the pos'- y sibleV forms of construction will be shown, it

being understood that I do not limit the invention to any specific formalthough I do `claim the invention both generically and specifically. v-Other advantages and features of invention mayA appear from theaccompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description and theappended claims. The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.this the appliance can be folded up with all v Figure 1 is a `frontelevation of the collapsed device attached to a door, a fragment TheIhangers are extended. Y

Fig. 2 is a section of the appliance on line x2, Fig. 1; the position ofclothing hung thereon being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. '3 is an enlarged plan in section on lines ma, Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a mid vsection at elevation of the apphance open and Ahangersin garment supporting position.

Fig 5 is a fragmental elevation in section on line ze, Fig. l, showingthe device collapsed and one of the hangers folded.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section'on lines indicated at Figs. 1 and 2.`showing one of the lowergarment hangers in plan, extended.-

.F ig, 7 is a fragmentary 'portion of a side wall of the main frame,showing a form of shown open in full lines and closed in broken" lines.f

Fig.4 9 is a fragmental front elevation of the device as lshownl in Fig.8, with the aux 10 iliary frame in vclosed position. l Fig. 10 is anenlarged plan section online m19, Fig. 9, showing a detail of the'pivotal connection between the main and auxiliary frames. i

Figdll isa fragmentary perspective view of the lower left hand corner ofthe auxiliary frame; showing one of the die stamped bearing pins.

Fig.. 12 is a form of the appliance attached to a door, a fragment ofwhich is shown in section.

Fig. 18 is a section on line m13, Fig. 12, showing the auxiliary framein closed position and samples of cloth goods attached to the hangersthereon.

Fig. lll is a section similar to Fig. 13 with the auxiliary frame inopen position showing fragmentary portions of garments attached to thehanger. l

Fig. 15 is an enlarged sectional elevation on line w15, Fig. 12 showingone of the garment hangers' in side elevation and also showing adetailof the latch for hold-ing the main and extensible hanger framestogether in closed position. A I

Fig. 16 is an enlarged fragmental sectional plan on line m16, Fig. 12,showing a detail of the support connecting the mainwframe to a door orwall.

Fig. .17 is a section on linel :1:17 Fig. 16 showing in section theconnection ofv the main frame to the door or wall.

Fig. 18 is an'enlarged fra ental front .elevation of the upper part othe device as illustrated inA Figs, 12-14 and showing oppositelydisposed hangers gripping a gan,

{mimen't fragment-aril shown.

The appliance s own lin F igs. 1 to 7 in-V clusive has all its parts',,except rivets and .screws thereof7 die stamped from thin sheeti steelin lar e nant-ities and 'in forms that are easily i nis ed and 'quicklyassembled, which feature enables the deviceto be cheaply.constructed andmade available-forpublic use at low cost.y f

-The `main frame 1 is formed of, a Single metallic strip that is bentinto hollow rectangular form with the ends ofthe strip united bywelding; and integrally connected to the strip arethe extensions 2,which have holes 3 hunched `therein for the screws 4. hese lextensions 2are bent t right angle to the .exterior side or end surface of the mainframe andmay be attached byscrews. 4 to a door o'r other/support ,asbefore indifront elevation of anotherV tended position.

cated; and this form of attachment may also' be employed in thepermanent installation of hangers.

" The auxiliary frame 5 is formed similarly frames for accommodation ofthe support# ing arms 7, thereby affording `an appliance of morecompactness than has heretofore' been constructed.

The arms 7 have their lower ends pivotally connected by pins 8 to thesides of the main frame atthe front bottom portion thereof as shown inFig. 4s#

To the other ends of the arms 7 are secured pins 9 that are adapted tomove in the slots 10 in the sides of the frame 5 when said frame ismoved from extended to collapsed position, and vice versa.

In order that the frame 5 can be moved `from the collapsed positionshown in Fig. 2 to the extended position shown in Fig. 4, the

sides of the main frame 1 have slots l11, in which are slidablyl mountedpins 12 that are intevrallyconnected and ixed'to the sides of tllieframe 5' and are positioned coaxial to each other at the center bottomportion thereof.

These pins or projections 12 are preferably stamped from the metallicsides 0f the framey 5 and rounded to fit snugly and move smoothly in.the'slotslL When the frame 5l is shifted from col-A lapsedto extendedposition the pins 1 2 move upward in the slots 11 until they are stoppedby the upper termination of said slots; and in the meantime the arms 7pivoting von the pins 8 are moved outward in the arc of a circle; thepins A9 in -the upper ends thereof sliding inthe slots 10. When theframe 5 is thus moved tothe extended position it also pivots on theslidingV pins 9, the bottom por.- tion of the frame moving upward whilethe 'top rtion swings outward and downward.

Wien-the pins 12 reach their limit of upward movement the ins 9 ymoveupward into the notchesz 13 and ook the frame 5 vin exL I The notchesare at the lower ends of the slots 10 when the' frame is in .collapsedposition or at the inner 'ends of said slots when the frame is inextended p0- sition orwhen the brace is moved away from the upright.

The. 'purpose of this movement of the frame 5 is to bring the garmenthangers 14,

15 into a more accessible positionforattachgarments attached thereto theupper'one will extend outward beyondthe lower one, irrespective ofwhether the movable frame is upright or horizontal. v 1,

The strips forming the hangers 14ha-ve the endAportions 16 bent at rightangle to the ce-n )r portions l] and these ends are pivotally connectedb p-ins 18 to the side walls of the frame 5; y this 'pivotal connectionthel hangers 14 can be moved to occupy the collapsed, shipping ortransportation position shown fragmentally in Fig. 5'inwhich positionthey are entirely within thehanger frame 5.

Y Lugs or stops 19 are stamped out Vof the sidesof the frame 5 inposition to support the under side,edges of the parts 16 when thehangers 14 are in the garment supportino' position shown in Figs. 1 and2.

lplit hooks 20 are integrally formed on the lower edge and centrallywith the portions 17 of the hangers 14; and these hooks are adaptedtoreceive andhold the knobs 21 on rods 22 that are attached to garmentThe hangers 14 and the attachments 23 thereon arel for coats, cloaks andlike garments req'uiringa spreader to hold themi-n proper shape. Thehangersl are for gar.

ments having straight edge or end portions such as skirts, pants or likegarments. f

The hangers 15 are formed of metallic strips of substantially the samelength b-ut much shorter than the short hanger 14.

They have the end portions 16 bent at right angles to the centerportions 17 and these /hangers are spaced apart and have their endspivtally connected by pins 24 to the sides 4. of theirame 5. l

longitudinally through the parts 16 so that- As seen in Figs. 2 and 3the pivot pins 24 are positioned off center, relative to lines when theframe' is moved to the open position shown in Fig. 4 the hangers l5 willoccupy a position that makes lit easier for attaching garments to, orvdetaching` them from the hangers. Also ther are the stops g or lugs 25Jstamped out of' the sides of the frame 5 in position to support theunder edges of the parts 16, of the hangers 15,l when the lframe 5 is inthe position shown in Fig. 2 and the hangers 15 are'in garmentsupporting osition. Also `these hangers can be move on`thein. pivots2.4' to occupy a' packing or transporting position wholly within theframe 5.

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The stops-19, 25 serve to hold the hangers I y14, 15 in an extendedhorizontal position.

hanger frames 15 there are secured by rivets 26 spring plates 27 thathave their lend portions turned back to form the clasps 28 that areadapted to retain garments when portions thereof are. inserted' betweenthe claspsl 28 and the body portion of the spring plates 27.

A detachable support for the frame 1 is shown in Fig. .7; and as seentherein, lugs 29 havingholes 3(T'are 'die stamped from the sides offrame 1 and bent to a position to receive the end 31 of elbow screws 32,that in practice are spaced the right distance apart and attached to adoor ends 31 upwardly extending to receive the irame 1.

This form of support isv constructed especially for use in travelwherein the 'appliances are temporarily and intermittently in use; andthey are employed in the modified Iform of hanger shown in Figs. '8 to11 inclusive, and as vseen therein this hanger isl otherwisesubstantially like the one heretofore described except inthe connectionbetween the frames 1 and 5, in which connection the slots 10 areeliminated; and instead of former arrangements, the pins 9 are pivotallyconnected to 'the upper ends of the arms 7 and to'thesides of the frame5. 1n order that the part-s can operate 'as thus shown, the` bottom offrame 5 is raised a sufficient dis- .tance above'the bottom plate of theAiframe 1 for the arms 7 to move in the arc of a circle and shift frame5 to its open and closed The slots 11 are of suliicient length to per-`mit frame 5 to be moved to a position at right angle to the main frame 1when the arns 7 have their upper ends moved outward asghereinbeforedescribed.

Another modified form of hanger is show in Figs. 123to 18 inclusive;and/ as seen therein the rectangular frames 1 and 5 areI 'each formed`of wooden side and end pieces thatare joined together by any well knownmeans; and these two frames have their bottom end strips connected byhinges 33. The frame 5 is positioned within the main frame 1 so thatthere l' are spaces 6 between the outer sides of the frame 5 and theinner sides of the. `frame 1 and within these spaces 4 with the.v

6 .are the toggle arms 34that have their ends connected by pins 35, 36to frames 1, 5; that These clasps are formed of oppositely dis-y posedmembers 39, 40 that are pivotally se cured to screw pins 37 by springs41 which springs are coiled on the pin end of screws 37 and between themembers 39, 40 and these springs 41 have the arms 42, 43 that extendtoward the gripping ends of the garment hanger and overlay these ends soas to clasp them together.

When garments 44, 45 are to be attached to hangers 38 the ends 46, 47are pressed toward one another which will open the jaws 48, 49 of thehangers so that portions of garments can be inserted; after which theends 46, 47 are released so that the jaws 48, 49 grip and hold thegarments. A spring latch 5 0 is inserted 1n the upper end plece of theframe in position to en-` gage the recess 51 in the plate 52 when frame5 is in closed position within frame 1; the late 52 is secured by anywell known means 1n the upper end piece of frame 1.

In practice the main frame 1 heretofore described can be attached byeither of the means described to a door or wall cfa room in positionconvenient for. it to be used. Then frame 5 may be shifted from closedto open position; that is it is moved from a position longitudinallywithin frame 1 to a position where it is at right an le to theI mainframe. This movement o frame 5 will'bring it into or1 about tohorizontal position in which it is moreconvenient to attach garments 44,45 to the hangers; and in which position these garments will beseparated so that they can easily be examined, arranged and selectedfrom when deslred. After the garments are attached to thekmshanger@frame 5, it is moved from operi to closed position and securedso as to be held upright within frame 1 by the latch heretoforedescribed; in which position the articles of clothing attached to thehanger will 'i contact with each other and hang in a pla-neperpendicular with the door or wall of the room. When garments are to beselected, frame 5 is moved down to the positions shown in Figs. 4, 8,14, which will separate the various garments land enable the selectionto be easily made.

I claim:

1. In a clothes hanger device, a main frame detachably connected to adoor or wall of .a lroom and normally secured in a vertical position; anauxiliary frame within said main frame; hangers pivotally connected to-said auxiliary frame; stops connected with said auxiliary frame fornormally holding said hangers in a horizontal position and means ormovin the auxiliary frame to and holding said Iauxiliary frame in ahorizontal position.

2. In a clothes hanger device a'rectangular frame detachably connectedto a door or wall of a room and normally held in a vertical position; anauxiliary frame within said main frame; hangers pivotally connected toand normally extending from said auxiliary frame; stops for holding saidhangers in a horizontal position when said auxiliary frame is securedina vertical' position, and

means for moving said hangers so that they are wholly within said frame.v

3. A clothes hanging device comprising La vertically slotted up-rightsupport; a frame having a pivot in said slot and having a notch and aslot extending longitudinally from said notch along said frame; a bracepivpted to the support and provided with -a pivot operating in saidnotch and said longitudinal slot from the notch and away from theupright; said notch being at the inner end of said slot when the braceis away from thel upright; said frame being adapted to support clothing.hangers.

4. A clothes hanging device comprisin a slotted up-right ."support; arectangu ar frame having a pivot in said slot and having a notch and aslot extending longitudin-ally .therefrom along said frame; a bracepivoted to the support and provided with a pivot operating in said notchand said longitudnal slot; and U-shaped hangers pivot ally connected toboth sides of saidV frames and normally held in extended horizontalposition. l

5. A clothes hanger comprising two frames, means connecting the framesand adapted to allow them to be brou ht into parallelism with each otherand aso into 'position wherev one is extended from the other; hangerspivoted to the frame that is ada ted to be extended; and means to normalhold said hangers at right-an les to the rame to which-they are pivote;said hangers also being adapted to be moved into parallelism -with thetwo frames.

6. The combination with a hollow rectan..v gular frame adapted to standvupright adjacent a door or wall and also ada ted to be 'extended' outfrom such dogr or wa l; clothes e frame andA adapted to hang down whenthe nasales yalso adapted to be extended out from such door or wall;clothes hangers pivoted to said zframe is extended, and. to ,be oneabove another when the frame is upright; and means to hold said frameupright; said hangers vbeing of increased length toward the top of theupright frame so that clothing supported by separate hangers will be saced apart.

8. in a clothes hanging evice, a main frame; an auxiliary' framepivotally connected to and adapted to be extended out from said mainframe; means for holding said auxili-ary frame in extended and uplghtpositions; a plurality of hangers pivoty connected to said auxiliaryframe, a. plurality of said pivotal connections bein eccentric to saidhangers so that when sai auxiliary frame is extended said hangers willextend downwardly at an angle to said auxiliary frame.

9. ln' a clothes han' ing device, a main frame; an auxiliary ramepivotally zionnected to and adapted to be extended out from said mainframe; means for holding said auxilia@ frame in extended and uprightpositions; a plurality of hangers pivotally connected -to said auxiliaryframe, a plurality of said'pivotal connections bein eccentric to saidhangers so that when' sai auxiliary frame is extended said hangers willextend downwardly at an angle to said auxiliary frame, and ,stops toautomatically position said hangers in a horizontal plane when saidauxiliary frame is raised to a vertical plane.

10. In a clothes hanger device; -a main frame; an auxiliary framepivotally connected to said main frame; hangers pivotally connected tosaid auxiliary frame; a plurality o said pivotal connections beingeccentric to said. hangers; and -a plurality of said hangers beingadapted to support garment spreaders and a lurality of said hangersbeing adapted with spring clasps. s

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 15th day of December, 1919.

CLARENCE GEORGE SHEPHERD,

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